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Why have your Overleaves Channeled?

Their is only one reason: self knowledge. How? By use of this distinctive, descriptive conceptual system, you can understand much of the native tendencies, perspectives, and habits that you take for granted. In doing so, such knowledge can allow you greater facility with these characteristics and validation of who you really are.

Michael Teaching Overleaves Chart v. 4 by Stephen Cocconi

Overleaf Categories

There are seven categories or classifications of Overleaf traits:

The Role - The primary frame of reference from which your Essence influences the style of your Personality.

Goal - The general direction for life learning. A categorical set of experiences by a specific motivation.

Attitude - The dominant mind set or point of view that a person encapsulates all of their thoughts and reasoning.

Chief Feature - These represent the primary Ego defenses as generated by fears of loss, lack, inadequacy, or fear of change.

Mode - The method, or the form of behavioral stance one takes toward carrying out the goal.

Centering - The way that a person will process information.

Body Type -

These appear in a chart form which is free to download. While some of the features provoke curiosity as to their construction, others might inspire a smile and "ah-ha" when revealed. In fact, what one might notice is the way in which some of these descriptions parallel, historic stereotypes; lending to the notion that every simplification has still captured some common attributes.

Origination of the Overleaves

Since the publication of the first books in 1978, probably several million people or more have come in contact with what I collectively refer to as The Michael TeachingT. During this time there have been 12 books written related to this Cosmology and Personality Trait System. In each, several revisions, clarifications, and updates to the meaning and content of many of the Overleaf Characteristics have been made. What you will read here is a composite of all of those sources and the Channel Stephen Cocconi.

Overleaves as part of the Michael Teaching

To begin, the Michael Teaching is a metaphysical view of creation and the human experience. The Universal Force driving this creation is referred as the TAO, rather than God, in an effort to remove the gender stereotyping of a masculine deity. The Overleaf Energies are the "flavors" or "primary colors" of the TAO. It follows then, that when an unique Essence or Soul decides to experience individuality (separation from God) that the building blocks available to it are the same basic materials of the Universe itself. (i.e. the Overleaves). As a personality trait system, the Overleaves have been channeled and are validated intuitively and empirically by Michael Students, rather than statistically like other personality trait systems. Each Overleaf trait has distinct, identifiable physical appearance and energy signature that one can be trained to discern and recognize. Michael Channel's have been born with this talent though refinement of the skill occurs with practice.

This version of the Chart.

This is the fourth generation of the Overleaves Chart. The original was channeled by Sarah Chambers and popularized in the book "Messages From Michael" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. The second was a collaborative effort by JP Van Hulle, Jose Stevens and Simon Warwick-Smith. It appears in the books "The Michael Handbook" by Stevens and Smith and "Michael, The Basic Teaching" by Van Hulle, Christaean, and Clark. The third generation was done by Emily Baumbach in her book, "Michael's Cast of Characters." There is a fifth generation by Shepherd Hoodwin in his book, "Journey of Your Soul." This fourth generation is the product of Stephen Cocconi and used since January 1992.

Like the other channeled systems, most notably the Enneagram and Astrology, no one owns this material. Instead, each successive generation reflects the input of interpretation and experience that each channel has had in his/her personal and professional life journey.

However, the name "The Michael Teaching" is a registered and copyrighted business name owned by Stephen Cocconi. In no way, does he claim total ownership or complete original authorship to the combined body of knowledge collectively called "the Michael teachings". Instead, this is mererly his brand and business identity.

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